PGA Honors Jim Gianopulos With The 2016 Milestone Award

LOS ANGELES (October
6, 2015) – The
Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that Jim
Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, will be honored with the 2015
Milestone Award. The award will be
presented to Mr. Gianopulos at the 27th Annual Producers Guild
Awards ceremony on January 23, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.

Producers Guild Awards Co-Chairs Michael DeLuca (SOCIAL
NETWORK, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS) and Jennifer Todd (ALICE IN WONDERLAND, CELESTE AND
JESSE FOREVER) stated, "Jim Gianopulos has some of the keenest instincts in our
business. His leadership at 20th Century Fox hasn’t just moved
the studio forward, it’s broadened the craft of cinema. Instantly iconic
motion pictures like AVATAR, TITANIC, SIDEWAYS, AVATAR, LIFE OF PI and THE
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL have redefined the creative possibilities for movies;
those films happened because of Jim’s willingness to take risks on great
storytelling. We are overjoyed to celebrate Jim this year by presenting him
with the Producers Guild’s Milestone Award.”

Gianopulos said, "One of the great benefits
of this job is to work with incredibly talented filmmakers and executives. I am
truly thrilled to be honored and to celebrate their achievements with this
prestigious award.”

The Milestone Award is the PGA’s highest
honor, recognizing an individual or team who has made historic contributions to
the entertainment industry. In the past,
the Guild has paid tribute to such industry leaders as Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey
Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ron Meyer, Bob & Harvey
Weinstein, Bob Iger, and the 2015 recipient Jon Feltheimer, among others.

ABOUT
JIM GIANOPULOS

James N. Gianopulos is the Chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox,
one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures,
consisting of Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox
Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios and Fox International Productions. These
studios generate annual revenues in excess of $8 billion and operate in more
than 100 countries worldwide.

As Chairman and CEO since 2000, Mr. Gianopulos is one of the
longest-tenured studio chairmen in the film industry. He oversees all feature
film production, marketing, and global distribution of film and television
content in all media. Mr. Gianopulos has been involved in the evolution of new
entertainment media and technologies for more than 30 years, and has been
recognized as an industry leader while guiding the studio to the forefront of
the digital revolution.

During his time as Chairman and CEO of Fox (until 2012 with Tom
Rothman), the studio has had its most profitable years ever, and in 2014,
Twentieth Century Fox broke the all-time industry global box-office record,
earning more than $5.5 billion, eclipsing the previous record by more than
$350. The domestic box office total of $1.8 billion was the studio’s best year
ever and the highest domestic box office of all studios in 2014. Fox
International, which distributes in over 130 countries, has had the highest
grossing box office for all studios for the fourth time in the past six years,
another industry record.

During his tenure at the studio, Mr. Gianopulos has overseen a broad
range of successful films, including the STAR WARS, X-MEN, PLANET OF THE APES
and ICE AGE franchises, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, THE
FAULT IN OUR STARS, GONE
GIRL, the NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM pictures, the TAKEN series, THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, BORAT, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, WALK THE LINE, MINORITY REPORT, and MOULIN ROUGE, among many successful films. He also has the unique distinction of
having championed two of the biggest gambles, and the two highest grossing
films of all time: AVATAR and TITANIC.

Prior to his current post, Mr. Gianopulos served as President of
Twentieth Century Fox International, a position he held from 1994-2000. Among
the many notable successes during Mr. Gianopulos’ tenure at Fox International
are the Oscar winners TITANIC and BRAVEHEART. At one point during his career, Fox International had four of the
five top grossing pictures of all-time internationally: TITANIC,
STAR WARS: SPECIAL
EDITION, INDEPENDENCE DAY and
STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 – THE PHANTOM MENACE.

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GUILD OF AMERICA (PGA)

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all members of the producing team in film, television and new media. The
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improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members with
employment opportunities, seeking to expand health benefits,promoting
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